U.S. President Barack Obama is signing an executive order Friday aimed at encouraging companies and organizations to share more information about cybersecurity threats with the government and each other. Obama will sign the order at a White House-sponsored conference on cybersecurity and consumer protection at Stanford University in California. A White House fact sheet on […]
WASHINGTON—North Korea’s ailing infrastructure is regarded as the most favorable area for Russian investment, according to the head of a business council tasked with promoting business between Moscow and Pyongyang. In an e-mail response to the VOA Korean service this week, Vitaly Survillo, the chairman of Russia’s Business Council for Cooperation with North Korea, wrote: […]
WASHINGTON—Online appeals from the so-called Islamic State to wage jihad are nothing new. But now they’re suggesting a very new tactic. Virtual digital money is increasingly being promoted as a way for money-needy jihadists to support their efforts, according to intelligence agency and media reports. Also known as crypto-currency, the trading method has rapidly grown […]
Italian authorities say at least 29 African migrants have died of hypothermia while crossing the Mediterranean in freezing weather and rough seas. The Italian coast guard says it found seven people dead when it answered a distress call from the migrants’ boat off Libya late Sunday. It says 22 others died on a vessel that […]